TEST 16

Problem 571: EE Board October 1980

What is the speed of a 100 kW, 230-volt,three-phase, four-pole, 60 Hz alternator?

A. 450 rpm
B. 900 rpm
C. 1200 rpm
D. 1800rpm

Problem 572: EE Board April 1997

A six-pole, 3-phase AC generator has 72 slots, the coil span is 12. What is the pitch factor?

A. 1.000
B. 0.939
C. 0.985
D. 0.966

Problem 573:

A three-phase altemator has 6 slots per pole per phase. Determine the distribution factor.

A. 0.977
B. 0.956
C. 0.963
D. 0.948

Problem 574: EE Board October 1994

A 30 MVA, 15 kV three-phase alternator will have a per phase nominal impedance of______

A. 7.5 ohms
B. 9 ohms
C. 15 ohms
D. None of these

Problem 575:
A two-pole three phase50 Hz Y-connected AC generator has 9 slots per pole and 6 conductors per
slot. What is the flux per pole if the voltage on open circuit is 1.1 kV. Assume a coii span of unity.

A. 0.1657 Wb
B. 0.1742 Wb
C. 0.1507 Wb
D. 0.1728 Wb
Problem 576: EE Board April 1990
A 6-pole, 3-phase, 60-cycle alternator has 12 slots per pole and four conductors per slot. The winding
is 5/6 pitch. There are 2,500,000 maxwells (0.025 weber)entering the armature from each north pole,
and this flux is sinusoidally distributed along the air gap. The armature coils are all connected in
series. The winding is wye-connected. Determine the open circuit emf of the alternator.

A. 532.1V
B. 504.2V
C. 512.4V
D. 572.4V

Problem 577:
A four -pole, three-phase, 50 Hz, star connected AC generator has 24 stator slots. There are 6
conductors per slot and a sinusoidally distributed flux per pole of 63 mWb. Find the terminal voltage
on open circuit, if the coil span factor is unity.

A. 546.05V
B. 579.44V
C. 568.48V
D. 558.62V

Problem 578:
A three-phase, 6-pole, 72-slot armature of a synchronous generator is wound using a two- layer lap
coil having 20 conductors per coil with a pitch of 83.33%.The flux per pole is 4,800,000 maxwells. If
the otor of the generator is driven at a speed of 1200 rpm, calculate the induced emf per phase.

A. 5,680V
B. 5,390V
C. 5,564V
D. 5,854V

Problem 579:
A 1MVA, 11 kV,three-phase wye-connected synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance of 5
ohms and a negligible resistance per phase. At a certain field current the generator delivers rated
load at 0.9 lagging power factor at 11 kV.For the same excitation, what is the terminal voltage at 0.9
leading power factor full-load?

A. 11.6kV
B. 11.4kV
C. 11.3kV
D. 11.5kV

Problem 580:
A three-phase star connected AC generator is rated at 2.5 MVA, 11 kV, 60 Hz.The generator has a
negligible resistance and a synchronous reactance 20 ohms per phase.To what value will the terminal
voltage rise when full load at 80% pf lagging is switched-off?

A. 14.2kV
B. 13.5kV
C. 15.3kV
D. 12.7kV
Problem SS1: EE Board April 1995
A 1200 kVA, 6600 volt, 3-phase Y connected alternator has an effective resistance of 0.40'ohm and a
reactance of 6 ohms per phase. It delivers full load current aț 0.80 lagging power factor at rated
voltage.'What will be the terminal voltage for the same excitation and load current, if the power factor
is 0.80 leading?

A. 4560 V
B. 9878 V
C. 7898V
D. 4250V

Problem 582:
A 2500 kVA, 6600 V synchronous turbo alternator is operating at full load and 0.8 pf lagging. This
machine has a synchronous reactance per phase is 10.4 ohms and a negligible resistance. Calculate
the percentage voltage regulation?

A. 48.56%
B. 42.35%
C. 45.84%
D. 43.96%

Problem 583:

A 50-kVA, 550-volt single-phase alternator draws a field current 10 A at rated load. With the same
field current, the open circuit emf and short-circuit current are 300 V and 150 A. The ohmic resistance
of the armature between terminals is 0.18ohm. The ratio of effective to ohmic resistance maybe taken
as 1.5. Determine the regulation at 0.8 power factor lagging.

A. 27.8%
B. 26.4%
C. 25.5%
D. 24.9%

Problem 584: EE Board March 1998

A generator is rated 100 MW, 13.8 kV and 90% power factor. The effective connecting two terminals
to a DC source. The current and voltage are 87.6 A and 6V respectively. What is the effective
resistance per phase?

A. 0.0513 ohm
B. 0.0685 ohm
C. 0.342 ohm
D. 0.0617 ohm

Problem 585: EE Board October 1997

To get the armature resistance of a 100 MW, 13.8 kV and 90% power facior generator,two terminals
are connected to a DC source. The measured current and voltage are 87.6 amperes and 6 volts
respectively. What is the DC resistance per phase?

A. 0.0223 ohm
B. 0.0342 ohm
C. 0.0685 ohm
D. 0.0617 ohm
Problem 586:
A2 MVA,2.3-kV three-phase Y-connected alternator operates at rated kVA at a power factor of 80%.
The dc armature winding resistance between terminals is 0.08Ω. The field takes 70 A at 125 V from
an exciter equipment. Friction and windage loss is 20 kW, iron losses 36 kW and stray load losses
are 2.0 kW. Calculate the efficiency of the alternator. Assume the effective armature-winding
resistance is 120% of the DC resistance.

A. 94.0%
B. 92.1%
C. 93.2%
D. 89.5%

Problem 587: EE Board October 1991

Determine the efficiency of a 1500 kVA, 2300 V, 3-phase, Y-connected alternator, which operates at
rated output with a power factor of 80%. The DC armature resistance at 70 °C between terminals is
0.08 ohm. The field takes 70 A at 120 V from the exciter equipment. Friction and windage losses are
15 kW,iron loss is 35 kW and stray load losses is 1.5 kW. Assume the effective armature winding
resistance is 1.5 times the DC value.

A. 94.56%
B. 90.31%
C. 93.35%
D. 92.62%

Problem 588:
A 2,500 kVA, three-phase, 60 Hz, 6.6 kV wye-connected alternator has a field resistance of 0.45 Ω
and an armature resistance of 0.05 Ω per phase. The field current at full load 0.85 pf, is 200 A. The
stray power losses amount to 82 kW.Calculate the efficiency of the alternator at full load, 0.85 pf
lagging.

A. 93.7%
B. 94.8%
C. 95.2%
D. 96.3%

Problem 589:
A 6.6 kV, Y-connected, 3-phase alternator has a synchronous reactance of 6 Ωper phase and a
negligible resistance. At a certain field curent the armature is known to induce 5.8 kV per phase.
Calculate the maximum power that can be developed by the alternator at this excitation.

A. 12 MW
B. 11 MW
C. 9.8 MW
D. 10 MW
Problem 590:
An 11,000 volts three-phase wye-connected turbo alternator has a synchronous reactance of 6 ohms
and a negligible resistance per phase. When the field current is 8 A, the open circuit voltage is 12,000
volts. Determine the armature current when alterator developed maximum power.

A. 1456 A
B. 1712A
C. 1643A
D. 1566 A

Problem 591: EE Board April 1994

A three-phase,11-kV wye connected synchronous alternator has a synchronous reactance of 8 ohms
per phase but negligible resistance. If the excitation is such that the open circuit voltage is 14 kV,
determine the power factor at the maximum output.

A. 0.78
B. 0.772
C. 0.793
D. 0.708

Problem 592: EE Board April 1994

A three-phase AC generator is supplying power to a load of 3200 kW at 2300volts and a power factor
of 60%. Assume that the loss of the line, the generator armature and the load is equal to 10% of the
load, what would be the savings in watts if the power factor were raised to 80%?

A. 100,000
B. 140,000
C. 80,000
D. 230,000

Problem 593:
A 3-phase 50 MVA, 13.8 kV, 3600 rpm, 60 Hz grid connected generator with a of 0.88 at rated voltage
and current. Determine new power factor if the rotor current is decreased by 5%.

A. 0.920
B. 0.935
C. 0.907
D. 0.977

Problem 594:
A 3-phase 50 MVA, 13.8 kV, 3600 rpm, 60 Hz grid connected generator with a synchronous reactance
of 3.8 ohms per phase operating with a lagging pf of 0.88 at rated voltage and current. If theload
decreases such that its prime mover power is decreased by 25% and the rotor current decreases by
the same percentage, what will be the new pf?

A. 0.928
B. 0.998
A. 0.987
C. 0.909
Problem 595:
A 3-phase 50 MVA, 13.8 kV, 3600 rpm, 60 Hz grid connected generator with a synchronous reactance
of 3.8 ohms per phase operating with a lagging pf of 0.88 at rated voltage and current. If the machine
is to provide a lagging reactive power of 40MVAR and still operating at its rated current, what percent
change in the rotor current is required?

A. 10.48%
B. 10.24%
D. C.11.30%
E. 12.28%

Problem 596: EE Board April 1992

A three-phase turbo alternator has a reactance of 15 ohms and negligible resistance, the machine
draws an armature current of 250 amperes at 0.8 pf lagging when running on 12,000 volts infinite
busbars. If the steam admission is constant but the emf is raised by 20%, calculate the new operating
pf.

A. 0.547
B. 0.586
C. 0.509
D. 0.575

Problem 597:
A three-phase,20 kV,synchronous alternator has a reactance of 10 ohms and a negligible resistance.
The machine draws an armature current of 150 A, 0.80 pf lagging. If the steam admission is constant
and field current is adjusted raising the induced the emf by 25%, determine the value of the new
armature current.

A. 442 A
B. 452A
C. 421 A
D. 433A

Problem 598: EE Board April 1980

A standby Diesel generator set will have the following loads: Inductive load drawing 50 kVA at 0.8
power factor: Lighting load drawing 20 kVA at 1.0 power factor. At what power factor will the generator
operate?

A. 0.855 lagging
B. 0.872 lagging
C. 0.821 lagging
D. 0.894 lagging

Problem 599: EE Board April 1992

A 250 V, 30 Hz generator supplies power to a parallel circuit consisting of a.20hp motor whose
efficiency is 90% at 0.80 pf lagging and a second load that draws an apparent power of 7 kVA at unity
pf. Determine the system reactive power.
A. 23.582 kVAR
B. 12.435 kVAR
C. 10.341 KVAR
D. 20.384 KVAR
Problem 600:
Two 3-ф, 4160 V, 60 Hz alternators are operated in parallel. The total load of the system is 1050 W
at 75% lagging pf. If alternator A is carrying 700 kW at 80% pf lagging, determine kVAR-of alternator
B.

A. 401 KVAR
B. 405 KVAR
C. 411 KVAR
D. 408 kVAR

Problem 601: EE Board October 1980

kVA at 0.80 power factor lagging. If alternator A contributes 50 kVA at 0.60 power factor lagging,
determine the pówer factor of alternator B.

A. 0.928 lagging
B. 0.852 lagging
C. 0.901 lagging
D. 0.977 lagging

Problem 602:
Two identical three- phase Y- connected alternators A and B share equally a load of 10 MW at 33 kV
and 80% lagging pf. The synchronous reactance of each machine field excitation adjusted to carry
125 A lagging current. What is the current supplied by alternator B?

A. 96A
B. 97A
C. 98A
D. 95A

Problem 603:
Alternator A (100 kVA, 3-ф, 240 V, 60 Hz, 1800 rpm) is operating in parallel with alternator B (125
kVA,3-ф, 240 V,60 Hz, 1800 rpm). The load of alternator A i 60kW at 90% pf lagging and the load of
alternator B is 80 kW at 70% pf lagging. Determine pf of load.

A. 0.775 lagging
B. 0.784 lagging
C. C.0.893 lagging
D. 0.866 lagging

Problem 604:
Two 3-phase, Y-connected turbo alternators supply a load of 3000 kW at 6.6 kV and at
0.8 pf lagging. The excitation of machine A is adjusted so that it delivers 150A at a lagging power
factor, and the governors are so set that the load is shared equally between the machines. Determine
the operating power factor of machine B.

A. 0.726
B. 0.792
C. 0.704
D. 0.768
Problem 605: EE Board October 1981

Two alternators are operating in parallel supplying a common load of 4250 kW at 0.85 power factor
lagging. Alternator A contributes 600 kVAR at 0.92 power factor lagging. Solve for the power factor of
alternator B

A. 0.813 lagging
B. 0.834 lagging
C. 0.804 lagging
D. 0.820 lagging

Problem 606:
Two Y-connected alternators A and B running in parallel supply the following loads at 3.3
kV:
Load 1: 800 kW at unity pf
Load 2: 600 kW at 0.8 pf lagging
Load 3: 400 kW at 0.707 pf lagging

If altemator A is adjusted to carry an armature current of 150 A at 0.85 pf lagging,what is the armature
current of alternator B?

A. 208A
B. 180A
C. 200A
D. 190 A

Problem 607:
Two AC generators running in parallel supply the following loads: 400 kW at unity pf; 500 kW at 0.9 pf
lagging; 600 kW. at 0.866 pf lagging. One machine is loaded to 1000 kW at a pf of
0.92 lagging, what is the operating power factor of the second machine.

A. 0.964 lagging
B. 0.921 lagging
C. 0.932 lagging
D. 0.951 lagging

Problem 608:
Two alternators are connected in parallel. The total load is 4250 kW at 0.85 pf lagging. Alternator A
operates with a load of 2125 kW at 0.707 pf lagging. Determine the KVA load of alternator B.

A. 2245
B. 2078
C. 2185
D. 2410

Problem 609: EE Board April 1988

Sipalay Mines, has two 3-phase, 60 Hz AC generators operating in parallel.The first unit has a
capacity of 1000 kVA and the second unit has a capacity of 1500 kVA.The first is driven by a prime
mover so adjusted that the frequency fall from 61 Hz at the frequency fall from 61.4 Hzat no-load to
59.2 Hz at full load. When these alternators are jointly delivering 2000 kW, what is the load of each
generator?
 A. 884 KW,1116 kW
B. 867 kW,1133 kW
C. 915 kW,1085 kW
D. 804 KW, 1196 kW

Problem 610: EE Board March 1998

Two alternators are driven by shunt motors. The shunt motors have speed-load droop characteristics
of 3% and 4% respectively. The alternators are in parallel and each carrying 50 kW. There is no
automatic speed-load control. An additional 50 kW is switched on. What are the resulting loads of the
alternators assuming that the speed-load controI of each is not adjusted?

A. 78.57 kW /71.43 kW
B. 82.51 kW/67.49 kW
C. 75kW/75 kW
D. 80.31 kW/69.69 kW

Problem 611: EE Board April 1989

There are two alternators, 100 kW, 3-phase in parallel are driven by shunt motors whose speed-load
characteristics are as follows: Alternator No.1, no-load speed 600 rpm and the full-load speed 530.
rpm, while alternator No. 2, no-load speed 590 rpm and full-load speed 550 rpm: For what load will
the alternator divide the load equally?

A. 62.45 k
B. 68.78 kW
C. 67.54 kW
D. 64.67 kW

Problem 612: EE Board April 1989

There are two alternators, 100 kW, 3-phase in parallel are driven by shunt motors whose speed-load
characteristics are as follows: Alternator No.1, no-load speed 600 rpm and the full-load speed 530
rpm, while alternator No. 2, no-load speed 590 rpm and full-load speed 550 rpm. What is the greatest
load that can be delivered without overloading either alternator?

A. 171.43 kW
B. 168.78 kW
C. 177.54kW
D. 164.67kW